Trompe l’oeil frescos, five centuries of pictorial cycles, spontaneous and organised murals: colour is everywhere in and around Laveno Mombello

Fifth stage of the Via Francigena Renana

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Hover in the sky like butterflies, letting yourself be carried away by the high currents like seagulls in search of freedom

Typical Lombard dish of peasant origin

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